Gawsworth
Gawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,705. It is one of the eight ancient parishes of Macclesfield Hundred.
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Overview
Overview
Twenty acres of the civil parish were transferred to Macclesfield civil parish in 1936. The country houses Gawsworth Old Hall, Gawsworth New Hall and Gawsworth Old Rectory are in the village. The authors of the Cheshire volume of the Buildings of England series state: There is nothing in Cheshire to compare with the loveliness of Gawsworth: three great houses and a distinguished church set around a descending string of pools, all within an enigmatic large-scale formal landscape. A wood near the village known as Maggotty Wood is the burial place of the eighteenth-century dramatist Samuel "Maggotty" Johnson. His ghost is reputed to haunt the wood.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Gawsworth • Population — 1,705 • Population Ref — (2011) • Civil Parish — Gawsworth • Unitary England — Cheshire East • Lieutenancy England — Cheshire • Region — North West England • Country — England • Constituency Westminster — Macclesfield • Post Town — MACCLESFIELD • Postcode District — SK11 • Postcode Area — SK • Dial Code — 01625 • Os Grid Reference — SJ888688 • Illustration — Gawsworth Village Logo
Governance
Governance
Gawsworth Parish Council consists of 9 elected Councillors in two wards, Gawsworth Village and Gawsworth Moss. It is within the Gawsworth Ward of Cheshire East Council. In the UK Parliament it is represented by Tim Roca MP for the Macclesfield constituency.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Office for National Statistics. Civil Parish population 2011. Neighbourhood Statistics.
- 2.Vision of Britain.
- 3.Hartwell, Claire. Cheshire. Yale University Press. 366. 2011. 978-0-300-17043-6.
- 4.Coates, Neil. Gawsworth, Cheshire - North West - Countryfile.com. BBC Countryfile Magazine. 23 November 2011.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Richards, Raymond (1957) The Manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire. (Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society; Vol. 5, pp. 1–356.) London: Ancient Monuments Society
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